Christmas and New Year in Africa

Posted by Karen Lotter Nov 10, 2007

So have you made up your mind yet where you’re going to spend the Festive Season?

If you haven’t I’m sure you’ll be able to manage to find reservations at one of Africa’s resorts or game reserves.

Let me give you a quick run down of cool places in Africa to go for the Festive Season.

Tropical Island Christmas

If you want a beach vacation with a difference, spend your Christmas and New Year in the Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar or Zanzibar. White sandy beaches, sunshine, water sports scuba and snorkeling.

Many of the resorts have special packages for Christmas vacations for couples and families.

Christmas and New Year Cruises around the islands are also popular.

North African Christmas and New Year

Maybe the hot desert and Mediterranean regions of a North African Christmas are more to your liking? Well, enjoy the Festive Season in Egypt or Morocco.

Casablanca is a great place to start a journey in Morocco. You can do it own your own on join up with one of the package tours. As one of the Festive Season tour operators says: Whilst we can't promise you a white Christmas we can promise you a Festive Season to remember.

And in Egypt you can enjoy a cruise down the Nile over Christmas and New Year or spend the Festive Season at the Red Sea and do a trip into the Sahara desert.

Southern African Christmas

The Southern African Christmas is the one I know best because I live in South Africa. There are plenty of resorts, beach cottages, game reserves, hotels and getaways in South Africa and in our neighboring countries of Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi to spend a truly memorable Festive Season.